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The point difference alone puts Juventus in role of absolute favourite to win the match, especially as this team is locked in dead heat with Napoli, while on the other hand the team from Verona has seven-game winless streak of five defeats and two draws. Besides, the Old Lady from Turin has relatively easy won their four previous head-to-head.

Chievo

However, we all know that Chievo can always play good defence, which is especially true when plays at home. Chievo drew last two matches played at home, with Roma and Udinese, and only Cagliary managed to defeat them. On the other hand, Chievo has dreadful series of four defeats from away matches, which is why it slid down to the lower part of table, although thanks to good results made at the beginning of season it still has solid six points more than teams in the drop zone.

If Chievo doesn’t urgently start winning points its survival in the Serie A might become questionable, and experienced coach Maran could very soon start looking for another job. True, he fairly successfully managed to resolved this situation in previous seasons, which is why is one of most long lasting coached in the Serie A. Regarding the team that will face Juventus, due to injuries definitely out of action are midfielder Castro and forward Inglese, while not fully ready stopper Gamberini and forward Meggiorini are questionable.

Probable lineups Chievo Verona: Sorrentino – Cacciatore, Tomovic, Bani, Gobbi – Bastien, Radovanovic, Hetemaj – Birsa – Puciarelli, Stepinski,

Juventus

Unlike their rivals from Verona who are experiencing drastic downfall, reigning champions of Italy had before this league match a series of seven consecutive wins, out of which two were won in the Coppa Italia, where they defeated Genoa and city rival Torino. On the other hand, they after five-game winning streak stay close to leading Napoli in the championship and continue to have one point fewer, while at the same time difference between them and third-placed Lazio has increased to seven points.

It should be said that coach Allegri have received just one goal in last 12 matches. Verona managed to score at home in the league but in the end Juventus won the match by 3-1, while in all other matches they scored one or two goals. All this indicates that now against Chievo we shouldn’t expect Juventus offensive. Due to injuries Allegri cannot count on defenders Rugani and Howedes, midfielders Matuidi and Marchiesi, and forward Cuadrado and Dybale.

Probable lineups Juventus: Buffon – Lichtsteiner, Benatia, Chiellini, Alex Sandro – Pjanic, Khedira, Sturaro – Douglas Costa, Higuain, Mandzukic

Verdict:

Of course, it is almost redundant to say that reigning champion of Italy is a great favourite to win this match, but we all know that Chievo is one of most defensively oriented teams in the league, which is why we have opted to play on smaller number of goals.

Pick:  under 3 goals 1.57 - 57/100 @1XBet